New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Burmese Candlestick

Manufacturer Mount Washington Glass Co. (American, 1837 - 1900)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1885

MediumMold blown glass

DimensionsOverall: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
Base: 4 in. (10.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number0.573

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 3, Section 3 Sh3

DescriptionOne of a pair of candlesticks. Mold-blown Burmese, optic ribbed melon shape socket with narrow flaring, scalloped rim above an optic ribbed, scalloped rim, bobeche attached by double merese to diamond quilted hollow, bulbous stem and on dome optic ribbed foot. Crack in bobeche.

Published ReferencesPadgett. _Pairpoint Glass_. p. 28-30. Betty B. Sisk, _Mt. Washington Art Glass plus Webb Burmese Identification and Value Guide_ (Kentucky: Collector Books, 2003), 211.